1955–56 Arsenal F.C. season

70th season in existence of Arsenal F.C.

Arsenal 1955–56 football season

Arsenal

1955–56 season

Chairman

Bracewell Smith

Manager

Tom Whittaker

First Division

5th

FA Cup

Sixth round

Home colours

Away colours

← 1954–55

1956–57 →

During the 1955–56 English football season, Arsenal F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	20	9	13	89	65	1.369	49
4	Manchester City	42	18	10	14	82	69	1.188	46
5	Arsenal	42	18	10	14	60	61	0.984	46
6	Birmingham City	42	18	9	15	75	57	1.316	45
7	Burnley	42	18	8	16	64	54	1.185	44

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Results

Arsenal's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
20 August 1955	Blackpool	A	1–3	30,928
23 August 1955	Cardiff City	H	3–1	31,361
27 August 1955	Chelsea	H	1–1	56,034
31 August 1955	Manchester City	A	2–2	36,955
3 September 1955	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–4	26,325
6 September 1955	Manchester City	H	0–0	30,862
10 September 1955	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–3	51,029
17 September 1955	Portsmouth	H	1–3	48,816
24 September 1955	Sunderland	A	1–3	55,397
1 October 1955	Aston Villa	H	1–0	43,854
8 October 1955	Everton	A	1–1	47,794
15 October 1955	Newcastle United	H	1–0	47,149
22 October 1955	Luton Town	A	0–0	24,009
29 October 1955	Charlton Athletic	H	2–4	47,138
5 November 1955	Manchester United	A	1–1	41,836
12 November 1955	Sheffield United	H	2–1	46,647
19 November 1955	Preston North End	A	1–0	23,033
26 November 1955	Burnley	H	0–1	37,583
3 December 1955	Birmingham City	A	0–4	35,765
10 December 1955	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–0	36,337
17 December 1955	Blackpool	H	4–1	45,086
24 December 1955	Chelsea	A	0–2	43,022
26 December 1955	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	3–3	43,738
27 December 1955	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–2	61,814
31 December 1955	Bolton Wanderers	H	3–1	43,757
14 January 1956	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–1	60,606
21 January 1956	Portsmouth	A	2–5	30,513
4 February 1956	Sunderland	H	3–1	38,780
11 February 1956	Aston Villa	A	1–1	28,060
21 February 1956	Everton	H	3–2	16,039
25 February 1956	Newcastle United	A	0–2	50,822
6 March 1956	Preston North End	H	3–2	34,617
10 March 1956	Charlton Athletic	A	0–2	40,553
17 March 1956	Manchester United	H	1–1	50,758
24 March 1956	Sheffield United	A	2–0	26,347
31 March 1956	Luton Town	H	3–0	45,968
2 April 1956	Huddersfield Town	H	2–0	30,836
3 April 1956	Huddersfield Town	A	1–0	24,469
7 April 1956	Burnley	A	1–0	24,393
14 April 1956	Birmingham City	H	1–0	31,775
21 April 1956	West Bromwiich Albion	A	1–2	26,395
28 April 1956	Cardiff City	A	2–1	23,169

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
R3	7 January 1956	Bedford Town	H	2–2	55,178
R3 R	12 January 1956	Bedford Town	A	2–1	15,306
R4	28 January 1956	Aston Villa	H	4–1	43,052
R5	18 February 1956	Charlton Athletic	A	2–0	71,758
R6	3 March 1956	Birmingham City	H	1–3	67,872

Squad

[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	GK	WAL	Jack Kelsey
-	GK	ENG	Con Sullivan
-	DF	WAL	Walley Barnes
-	DF	ENG	Stan Charlton
-	DF	ENG	Dennis Evans
-	DF	ENG	Len Wills
-	MF	ENG	Jimmy Bloomfield
-	MF	WAL	Dave Bowen
-	MF	ENG	Danny Clapton
-	MF	NIR	Bill Dickson
-	MF	ENG	Bill Dodgin
-	MF	SCO	Alex Forbes
-	MF	SCO	Jim Fotheringham
-	MF	IRL	Joe Haverty


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	MF	ENG	Mike Tiddy
-	MF	ENG	Gerry Ward
-	FW	ENG	Peter Goring
-	FW	ENG	Vic Groves
-	FW	SCO	David Herd
-	FW	ENG	Cliff Holton
-	FW	ENG	Tommy Lawton
-	FW	ENG	Doug Lishman
-	FW	ENG	Gordon Nutt
-	FW	ENG	Don Roper
-	FW	ENG	Ray Swallow
-	FW	WAL	Derek Tapscott
-	FW	ENG	Brian Walsh

References

^ "Arsenal results for the 1955-1956 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2019.

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Blackpool
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Burnley
Cardiff City
Charlton Athletic
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Everton
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Luton Town
Manchester City
Manchester United
Newcastle United
Portsmouth
Preston North End
Sheffield United
Sunderland
Tottenham Hotspur
West Bromwich Albion
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Second Division

Barnsley
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Bury
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Fulham
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Leeds United
Leicester City
Lincoln City
Liverpool
Middlesbrough
Nottingham Forest
Notts County
Plymouth Argyle
Port Vale
Rotherham United
Sheffield Wednesday
Stoke City
Swansea Town
West Ham United

Third Division

North	Accrington Stanley Barrow Bradford City Bradford Park Avenue Carlisle United Chester Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Darlington Derby County Gateshead Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hartlepools United Mansfield Town Oldham Athletic Rochdale Scunthorpe & Lindsey United Southport Stockport County Tranmere Rovers Workington Wrexham York City
South	Aldershot Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Colchester United Coventry City Crystal Palace Exeter City Gillingham Ipswich Town Leyton Orient Millwall Newport County Northampton Town Norwich City Queens Park Rangers Reading Shrewsbury Town Southampton Southend United Swindon Town Torquay United Walsall Watford